This house used to be a church and other unconventional spaces turned into homes

By Carmen Williams

26 June 2018

This house used to be a dilapidated church. Credit: Instagram

Just because it doesn’t look like a house at first doesn’t mean you can’t call it home.

A good before and after is always fun to look at, but you know what’s really great? Seeing something being repurposed into something completely different and being in awe of how one thing can be turned into something else.

These homes are a celebration of just that.

This dilapidated church was turned into a trendy looking loft

An American real estate agent named Hugh Molten didn’t plan to turn this old church into such a great space (he was going to keep it mostly as is) but then decided to go all out and now it looks great.

This bus was turned into a home on wheels

Instagram user threeringcreations, who also goes by Matty T, bought this old bus with half a windscreen missing after a conversation with his brother and started gutting the bus and slowly turning it into a place to live instead. The account chronicles the journey of making this a home on wheels, and while Matty isn’t done yet, he looks like he’s doing a pretty great job.

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This tiny, expanding home, was inspired by by steamer trunks, caravans and vintage train cars

It took creative couple Chloe Barcelou and Brandon Batchelder two years to build by hand and from scratch. When they travel they collapse the loft and fold in their office wings to make it more compact. So you can fold it in or fold it out!